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1mm. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1913.

Patented Feb. 9, 19-15.

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CHARLES S. WILGOXON, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 31915.

Application filed May 27, 1913. Serial No. 770,103.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. VVILcoXoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to finger-rings, the principal object being to provide a hinged ring which can be worn, put on and taken off by a person whose knuckles are so large as to make it impossible to slip on over such knuckles a ring which would fit the finger itself.

it second object is to produce a ring of the character mentioned, the joining between the two hinged portions of which will be imperceptible unless examined closely, and which cannot accidentally be opened while being worn.

A third object is to produce a ring which will be inexpensive to manufacture and simple to operate, and yet exceedingly eflicient for the purpose for which designed.

These and other objects I accomplish by means of the particular construction and adaptation of parts as described herein, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a front elevation in perspective of my improved ring somewhat enlarged, showing the same closed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same showing the hinged portion opened. 4 is a more enlarged elevation of the ring, partly in section to show the method of hinging the two portions together and looking the same when closed.

On the drawing, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring now more particularly to the construction of the device, 1 represents the ring in general, the same being formed in two sections 2 and 8, section 3 being approximately one quarter of the circumference of the ring.

The ring 1, as is general with rings worn by men, is formed by two eccentric circles, thus causing the ring to have two extremes of thickness of material, the thinnest point thereof being midway between the two ends of the larger section. Portion 3 is formed as the circumference of the ring where the metal is thickest, and may have a bulge 4:,

across the center of the width thereof, for the purpose of engraving an initial or monogram as 5 thereon, or setting a stone or similar ornament therein. One end 6 of member 3 is mortised into the adjacent end of member 2 as at 7, forming a pivoted oint or hinge by means of a rivet 8 passing through the two mortised members. The other end 9 of the member 8 is slidably mortised into the corresponding end of me1nher 2 as at 10, and has a slot 11 cut therein opening into the inner edge of the end or tenon 9, and extending somewhat more than half way through the width thereof and adapted to straddle a rivet or pin 12 passing through the end of member 2. The two mortised ends are of course joined as neatly as possible so that when closed the ring will present an appearance no different from that of a one piece ring. When it is desired to open the hinged portion, the main portion 2 of the ring is pressed together from both sides, the bottom of this portion being the thinnest forming a bending point for the spring of the metal of the ring, and so allowing the end of the portion 2 to move inward a distance suficient to disengage the rivet 12 from the slot 11, as shown in Fig. 3, thus permitting the portion 3 to turn on the rivet 8 as shown in Fig. 8, so as to allow the ring to be placed over the finger at any desired point. To close the hinged portion, the ring is again squeezed, till the end 9 drops into its mortise free of the rivet 12, which, on releasing the pressure on the ring, will slide to its seat in slot 11.

Thus it will be seen that l have perfected such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While I have here shown and described the present and preferred embodiment of my invention, still in practice such deviations from said detail may be made as do not depart from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A ring composed of resilient material comprising two sections hinged together, the abutting surfaces of said sections be ing cut 011 a chord common to said sections, one of said sections being relatively short in comparison with the other, the longer of said sections being of variable cross section and having the thinnest part midway between its two ends, a mortise formed in the free end of the longer section, a tongue formed in the free end of the shorter section, said tongue being adapted to fit Within said mortise, a pin extending across the said mortise and through the side Walls thereof, a slot formed in said tongue and opening toward the interior of the ring, said slot being adapted to engage said pin for the purpose of connecting the 10 free ends of said sections.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES S. WILOOXON.

' Witnesses:

F. P. SGHROEDER, R. M. OYARZO.

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